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Fires in France.

Satellite-detected fires in France right now, plus five years of NASA FIRMS archive: 42,272 detections, 14,280 distinct fires, season and worst years by region.

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Fires burning now in France

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Window: last 24 hours, NASA FIRMS

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Five years of archive

2020 to 2026 · through 2026-07-31

The years up to 2024 come from NASA’s finalized yearly archives. What follows, through 2026-07-31, comes from its near-real-time interface: 2026 is therefore a partial year, and its most recent weeks have not yet received the classification that removes volcanoes, flares and industrial sources. A very recent fire counts here, with a little more noise around it.

Satellite detections
42,272
Distinct fires
14,280
Busiest month
July
Worst year
2026
Strongest signal
2,764 MW
Seen at night
37.1%
Detections per 1,000 km²
66.3

Detections per year

Detections per year
YearDetections
20204,068
20214,893
20229,972
20234,384
20242,780
20254,913
202611,262

The season

Share of detections by month, over the five years together.

The season
MonthDetections
Jan1,209
Feb5,890
Mar4,472
Apr3,606
May1,390
Jun2,461
Jul12,790
Aug4,998
Sep2,769
Oct1,850
Nov530
Dec307

The most affected areas

The most affected areas
AreaDetections
Nouvelle-Aquitaine16,881
Occitanie7,369
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur4,604
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes2,841
Corsica1,853
Grand Est1,671
Hauts-de-France1,621
Centre — Val de Loire1,252
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté1,174
Pays de la Loire994
Normandie732
Bretagne698

The season is not the same everywhere

Each row is scaled to its own peak, so the comparison is between calendars rather than volumes. A row lighting up in summer is a forest-fire regime; a row lighting up in late winter signals agricultural burning.

The season is not the same everywhere
AreaDetections
Nouvelle-AquitaineJan: 343 · Feb: 3,423 · Mar: 1,946 · Apr: 864 · May: 153 · Jun: 246 · Jul: 7,188 · Aug: 1,291 · Sep: 1,092 · Oct: 255 · Nov: 43 · Dec: 37
OccitanieJan: 459 · Feb: 1,302 · Mar: 1,143 · Apr: 863 · May: 142 · Jun: 290 · Jul: 1,166 · Aug: 869 · Sep: 349 · Oct: 510 · Nov: 170 · Dec: 106
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’AzurJan: 140 · Feb: 385 · Mar: 385 · Apr: 267 · May: 261 · Jun: 444 · Jul: 993 · Aug: 919 · Sep: 267 · Oct: 377 · Nov: 109 · Dec: 57
Auvergne-Rhône-AlpesJan: 62 · Feb: 256 · Mar: 420 · Apr: 479 · May: 55 · Jun: 203 · Jul: 739 · Aug: 317 · Sep: 149 · Oct: 114 · Nov: 28 · Dec: 19
CorsicaJan: 115 · Feb: 398 · Mar: 145 · Apr: 126 · May: 21 · Jun: 107 · Jul: 385 · Aug: 90 · Sep: 62 · Oct: 290 · Nov: 82 · Dec: 32
Grand EstJan: 6 · Feb: 33 · Mar: 106 · Apr: 192 · May: 131 · Jun: 267 · Jul: 378 · Aug: 279 · Sep: 214 · Oct: 37 · Nov: 15 · Dec: 13
Hauts-de-FranceJan: 17 · Feb: 20 · Mar: 45 · Apr: 105 · May: 282 · Jun: 281 · Jul: 478 · Aug: 177 · Sep: 146 · Oct: 48 · Nov: 14 · Dec: 8
Centre — Val de LoireJan: 10 · Feb: 26 · Mar: 80 · Apr: 171 · May: 75 · Jun: 166 · Jul: 344 · Aug: 207 · Sep: 112 · Oct: 44 · Nov: 14 · Dec: 3
Bourgogne-Franche-ComtéJan: 11 · Feb: 20 · Mar: 79 · Apr: 160 · May: 69 · Jun: 131 · Jul: 230 · Aug: 279 · Sep: 116 · Oct: 57 · Nov: 18 · Dec: 4
Pays de la LoireJan: 4 · Feb: 12 · Mar: 43 · Apr: 180 · May: 59 · Jun: 95 · Jul: 206 · Aug: 229 · Sep: 103 · Oct: 43 · Nov: 15 · Dec: 5

Regions

AreaDetectionsFiresSeason
Nouvelle-Aquitaine16,8812,860July
Occitanie7,3693,253February
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur4,6041,535July
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes2,8411,405July
Corsica1,853500February
Grand Est1,6711,025July
Hauts-de-France1,621641July
Centre — Val de Loire1,252745July
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté1,174658August
Pays de la Loire994558August
Normandie732444July
Bretagne698320July
Ile-de-France582357July

Without a page of their own

These areas stay below the publication floor: too few detections, or too few distinct fires over five years, for a page to say anything beyond this number.

AreaDetectionsFiresSeason
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The largest recorded fires

The largest fires recorded here over five years — when each was first seen from orbit, and where.

  1. Jul 20, 2026 to Jul 31, 2026

    near Ares, 5.2 km away

    First seen at 44.838, -1.051

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    3,046 detections · 45.7 km across · 1,574 MW

  2. Jul 12, 2022 to Jul 20, 2022

    near Origne, 2.3 km away

    First seen at 44.524, -0.520

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    2,353 detections · 25.2 km across · 2,391 MW

  3. Aug 9, 2022 to Aug 13, 2022

    near Belin-Beliet, 4.4 km away

    First seen at 44.489, -0.732

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    769 detections · 18 km across · 1,675 MW

  4. Feb 9, 2023 to Feb 20, 2023

    near Saint-Just-Ibarre, 3.6 km away

    First seen at 43.139, -1.029

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    735 detections · 78.8 km across · 159 MW

  5. Feb 23, 2026 to Mar 2, 2026

    near Alcay-Alcabehety-Sunharette, 2.9 km away

    First seen at 43.100, -0.987

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    705 detections · 79.7 km across · 94 MW

A first detection is not an ignition. A polar satellite passes only a few times a day, so a fire is seen on the next overpass — sometimes hours after it started, in a pixel about 375 m across. The point given is where it was first seen, not where it began. The span is the straight-line distance between detections: a floor on how far the fire reached, never a burned area. The named municipality is the one nearest the centre of the detections.

Aerial response in France

87 verified aircraft in the catalog, tracked over ADS-B when they transmit.

See the France register

The questions people ask

Where are the wildfires in France today?
The region table below shows, for each of them, the satellite detections from the last 24 hours. Open a region to go down to the province, or go straight to the map, which shows every detection point with its time and its power.
Which regions of France burn the most?
The ranking below answers directly: regions are sorted by satellite detections over five years, most affected first. Each row leads to a page detailing its season, its worst years and its largest fires.
When is the fire season in France?
Over five years, July is the month with the most detections in France. But a national average hides opposite regimes: the Mediterranean coast burns in summer, while some inland regions peak in late winter because of agricultural burning.
Can this map replace an official alert?
No. Fire Maps shows observations and models, with their timestamps and their limits; it replaces neither the authorities, nor official alerts, nor incident command. In immediate danger, call the emergency services and follow official instructions.

How to read this page

A detection is not a fire. It is a pixel the satellite saw radiating like fire. One fire lights several pixels and comes back on every overpass: the unit counted here is evidence of heat, not the incident. That is why the page also gives a count of distinct fires, obtained by chaining detections that are close in space and in time.

The archive has gaps, and they are not random. A polar satellite passes a few times a day; under cloud it sees nothing; a fire smaller than the pixel can go unnoticed; a fire smouldering under canopy radiates little. An area with no detection is an area where nothing was seen — which is not the same as an area where nothing burned.

Two filters were applied, and this is what they removed. First NASA's own classification: 38,727 rows flagged as volcano, fixed ground source or offshore flare were discarded. Then persistence: 250 cells of about 500 metres lit in six different months across at least three distinct years behave like an industrial installation rather than a season; their 4,992 detections were removed.

Not everything that burns is a wildfire. Stubble burning, pastoral burning and the disposal of agricultural residue all produce perfectly real detections, often outside the summer season. A February or March peak on this page is almost always that.

The administrative outlines are generalized to a few hundred metres. A detection falling right on a boundary may therefore be counted on the neighbouring side. For a count of hot pixels the difference is immaterial; for a question of jurisdiction, use the official source.

Go further

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Data sources

Archive built on July 31, 2026, covering 2020 to 2026.

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The map opens already framed on this area, with the last 24 hours of detections.

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